Guild Wars 2

eatkimchi.7316:

honestly your opponents are terrible.
you struggled killing an up level engi for over a minute and switched to the ranger, saying that he’s the easy target. and that 1v2 at 7:30, the guard is just spamming staff 1.
hard to agree that its the strongest outnumbered build when the opponents backpedal/are barely past wvw rank 100.

Ofc the enemies aren’t going to be good but that is majority of wvw. Also I can’t just go full on offensive I am fighting a bunch of players + enemy camp and dem pew pew rangers hurt alot. An up level depending on class and build can at times be harder to take out than fully gear levelled players.

Here is footage of basically the same build vsing really good players like Mugi[Holy], Im Bamf Joe[tM] and others. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRif5d7jU8w

Hey guys its been awhile since my last video. Just a video of me roaming in wvw being heavily outnumbered playing pd/sp hybrid thief. Its a build I have been using for a very long time and its one of the variations I use. Imo its probably the strongest build to use when vsing larger groups solo though its not the strongest dueling build but will still do well. Enjoy the video and feel free to ask an questions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJ4XLDynER8

Go Ioj lots of Aussie there.

Ragnar the Rock.3174:

The main perps abusing might stacking + celestial stats, In my opinion anyway would be

Elementalist, warrior & engineer.

While some traits could be looked at to solve the problem the majority of it comes from 3 sources.

1: Blasts on fire fields.
2: Sigil of battle
& most importantly
3: The long + might duration on several runes like Strength, & HoelBrak.

What I suggest is simple. Just reduce the amount of + Might duration on the runes listed above (PvP only change).
If there is still a problem after that they could look at sigil of battle & or blasts + fire fields and adjust accordingly (again pvp only change)

I in no means suggest a flat out sweeping nerf, Just a slight reduction to bring some specs more into line with others.

Alternatively they could buff up more of the existing specs, that however would require allot more work.

Could you share with us what is this op meta crazy might stacking engi build that is dominating at high lvl pvp?

Fluffball.8307:

Those are two guys that got slaughtered by rangers a few dozen times.

By the way, is it just me or has the LB buff a few months on now produced a huge amount of new skilled rangers playing various builds. I’m seeing a ton of melee rangers, condi rangers, trappers, all sorts of stuff.

I am also seeing the same thing.

Justin ODell.9517:

Sevastianos.5672:

Our bunkers normally don’t enter the match as their bunker character, and also experience disconnect. We normally take care to make sure if someone disconnects they atleast earn points before the match ends but could there be abandonment penalties for swapping or DCing?

Yes, disconnecting or changing professions will count as desertion, and give that player dishonor. They will also be scored on the ladder as if they had a full loss, meaning as if their team had scored 0 points.

Justin in the 1.30sec period b4 the match starts can I switch character not profession(still same prof) and not be penalized in any way?

Perma 20+ might stacking engi isn’t a thing at high level of play. I would argue that Abjured beat TCG mainly because they rotated better. The games were close TCG team comp didn’t seem weak at all Abjured just played better on the day.

Kicast.1459:

Ther is a hudge issue in might stacking ability...I agree.
Reducing the number of stack per blast finisher is however not the solution as it would impact other classes that have few blasts.
Solution is to remove blasts finishers from ele (and engies).(how many ?...let’s avoid a hudge change first and let’s remove 2 to 3)...if not sufficient...let’s continue.
No class should be able to climb to more than 15 stack by itself on long term.
In top of that blasts can be used to clean co dition which is also op when comparing to other prof...
So simple....one must be ele not to see this option.

What meta engi build stacks 20+ stacks of might? So many players seem to be ignorant in this reguard. Just because they are able to do it doesn’t mean its a thing.

I just troll them hard until they end up blocking me.

glock.6590:

No offense but you shouldnt be wasting your skills on a acro thief or anything with perma vigor.

Yes you can random dodge alot with acro but its also your fault for not landing your skills at the right time.

Its like saying D/P has too much blind when in reality its the person that fights the D/P thief that dosent use his skills correctly.

This^^ thief survivability is not op there is no need to Nerf it. Its also one of the classes that require more skill to be successful no need to make things harder. Fg is one of the main reasons to go into trickery we should be advocating for more options not reducing them.

Prysin.8542:

Struggle with mesmers and thieves? They got a common weakness called conditions.
You had a ranger? Ok, this is how you do it.

Log into ranger.
Put on rabid amulet, axe dagger and sword torch.
Rune: krait
Sigils: geomancy + generosity on both weaponsets
Traits: 26600
Keen edge, sharpened edges, trap traits. Shared anguish, offhand training, empathic bond.
Utilities: fire trap, spike trap, signet of the wild
Elite: entangle
Healing: healing spring
Pets: river drake + wolf

Dump traps on point and swap weapons as often as you can to stack bleeds. When against mesmers, use entangle to lock em down while using drake F2 and condi spam to destroy them.

Warriors will give you some trouble, condi necro can only be beat if using generosity sigils so you can keep sending condies back and forth. Engi will implode, ele will be tough and take time, but can be killed. Just keep spamling sword 3 or dagger4 to maintain poison.

Shssss…don’t promote that build its very annoying to deal withm

Agree with to Op.

S/x is viable just not optimal.

Op what country are you playing from?

Mimic needs to be reverted.

Agreed/15 chars.

Aenaos.8160:

I really don’t get this.
Map design has nothing to do with winning or losing CY.
It’s just an arena.
TDM is the purest form of PvP.
It’s a 5v5,the best team wins.
Pure fighting.No gimmicks.
And it is selected by a lot of players in the queues
so I guess there’s a few of us that like to PvP.
Most common mistake I’ve seen in courtyard,
that results in one sided matches,is teams not
regrouping after wipes,and yolo pushing alone
and ofc dying.
@Zoso It’s true if you have a sense of how open field fights work
out,you have a good time in CY.
AFKing and complaining about a PvP match on a PvP game mode
is pathetic.Be a sport and help your team win instead of crying on map chat.
How would you like it if others AFK at Khylo or Foefire etc etc?
I’m dead bored of those maps,but still I play them.

+1 This^^

If players decide to party then que they can stack what ever they want.

All the time will upload vids.

Guys stop posting in the pointless thread the op just wants to keep it going.

Kharr.5746:

I really don’t get why so many people are complaining about Courtyard. Every time it has come up for me in queue, the majority of the players have picked it.

Currently, it’s very popular and it’s the player’s choice. If it is a bad map that no one enjoys, people will stop picking it and it won’t be played. The problem will solve itself.

Edit: Also, when it comes up, you can simply not pick it. I voted for Kyhlo last night and got the map with a single vote even though every one else voted courtyard. RNG means you can get your wish to not play it!

This^^ seems to me majority of players like the map.

Justin ODell.9517:

Saiyan.1704:

This may or may not be in the ladder matches, along with skyhammer.

It will not be included during season play.

That’s a shame it seems to be quite popular.

MarkPhilips.5169:

Maybe i’m wrong, but i remember a dev said if you switch the same prof before the match starts, you have no penalty.

BTW i ’d like to know the exact answer for this.

I read the same thing but I would just like some clarification just to be sure.

Zenos Osgorma.2936:

Brunners.7251:

vincecontix.1264:

Dawntree.7246:

No, when dishonor will hit you will get the debuff (AFAIK)

Really? That doesn’t make sense if I switch char but keep same profession why would I be penalized?

because going to the character select screen gives you dishonor, regardless of who you log back in on.

You could come back on the same character, you’ll still get the loss and dishonor.

and being able to swap chars , to a premade pvp build that could Knowingly have an Advantage over the classes in your match up will cause inbalance for the match up.

its a preventative to stop matches being fixed in this way also i think,

Umm I could just change my build before the match starts so I dont think that is the reason.

Narkodx.1472:

vincecontix.1264:

Dawntree.7246:

No, when dishonor will hit you will get the debuff (AFAIK)

Really? That doesn’t make sense if I switch char but keep same profession why would I be penalized?

How are they going to control that?

You either have switching or you do not regardless of profession

We don’t

I am talking about before the match starts not during. It just to save me from constantly changes builds.

Dawntree.7246:

No, when dishonor will hit you will get the debuff (AFAIK)

Really? That doesn’t make sense if I switch char but keep same profession why would I be penalized?

I like the map, I have had matches were my team has been 200 points behind and made come backs. I do think it needs some extra parameters to make it more interesting.

Sorry op nope lots of players like it, if players dont they can vote not to play it.

Are you guys sure you are vsing a full premade team?

Just wondering during the 1min30sec period b4 the match starts can I switch character while keep same profession?
I have several of the same profession but with different builds for different circumstances.

Quint.3765:

Evan Lesh.3295:

http://i.imgur.com/fSV89.gif

pretty childish to post that. i would have atleast expected an update on what is going on and what are the delays for when it will be fixed and why it is bugged. Not a stupid image. It’s funny to see how Anet don’t really care about PvP. When there is a bug in PvE it takes less than 20 mins before you patch something and update everything. Ive had my screen bugged for more than 2 hours with the stupid map selection tab and i can’t do nothing because even if i close my client and re-open it the tab is still there. So please fix it…

Disagree I thought it was funny, they are doing what they can to resolve issues. The system had just started so there is always bound to be bugs.

So whats everyone opinion of the best spec for this map?

hihey.1075:

Darnis.4056:

hihey.1075:

It’s unranked

No. It’s Not.

I thought it appeared only on unranked...
My Bad if it doesn’t. Then it absolutely needs a fix :/

honestly I like it, does get bit boring after a bit but still nice for a change.

So after 20min of waiting I decided to leave que and try a different prof to see if I could get a match. Now I am getting kicked from the que like every1-2 mins why?

Harbinger.8637:

I was able to get into one ranked game fairly fast, but after that I’m having no luck. I’m not going to wait around for +15 mins for a game.

Me also, got my first match fast next match 15+mins and still waiting ;(

The main thing pushing guards out a bit is celementalists, though lots of Eu team run guard. Nothing can bunker/support like a guard.

Arantheal.7396:

Welp, you have 50% vigor-uptime and a 3sec block on 16sec cd…
All the defense you’ll ever need.

You need at lot more than that a mesmer would just wreck you.

Would nice if the llamas were atlest tradeable.

I don’t think fast hands is mandatory.

It is viable for soloq some guy called ’The Korean Knight’ plays it very well. Last I check he was consistently hovering at the top end of the leaderboard.

SoLeciTO.3490:

Amazing combat system . . . . the best in a mmo IMO . . .

. . . poor application . . . sad.

Thread.

Predator.9214:

I would not ever necro a thread, but I am so desperate that I’d rather do this then open a new thread & need some sort of help or suggestions to what to do.
For the past full 2 weeks, I simply cannot play PvP anymore as intended. I am on Europe and every time around 7 CET, which is my usual play time I am met with massive lag spikes, freezes, catch ups and overall skill lag (up to 3s, not exaggerating).
I’ve checked all the other games that I play that require internet connection, and all are working fine. I even contacted my internet provider just to make sure it is not my internet. It isn’t. Honest word.
I literally cannot play the game, and as of this moment I am just “forced” to drop it and play something else instead.
Any update on what it the heck is going on with these horrible lagging issues?

Update: This is literally pathetic. 15s lag spikes until I am on the ground dead. If only half of the finances are spent into server maintenance instead of “Living Story” or other games no one cares about, we would have had a great game in our hands.

Same thing happens to me, when it gets really bad I restart the game that seem to fix it 50% of the time.

Justin ODell.9517:

DiogoSilva.7089:

And that is clearly a problem with the new system. Instead of offering motivation for a DC player to log back into the game and try to push a victory, it does the opposite. It effectively tells them to screw up. In other words, temporary 4v5 situations turn into full time 4v5 matches. It makes an existing problem worse.

We’re aware of that, and we’ve discussed alternatives. Right now we’re more focusing on nuking the 4v5 issue.

Also, if you come back you will still receive reward track, etc. awards.

A 1min grace period for the dc player would make the new system a bit better.

Well thief does take more skill to get there burst off. Thief put himself in danger to do any real damage.

Lopez.7369:

If I were in charge of balance, I would make Healing Turret remove three or four conditions and nerf engineer’s condition application a tad — maybe by making Incendiary Powder last two or three seconds by default.

But those are really changes at the margin. Anyone who thinks any class is dramatically broken is very likely blaming the game for a personal skill issue.

Nope engi dont need any extra condi cleansing options. Currently other players can build there classes around engi weakness(condi and cc) to counter them . If I see a team of engi I can currently choose necro or condi ranger or anything else to kitten em up.

BlackBeard.2873:

This is true when the thieves are bad (mechanically and with rotations). Most thieves want to go be 1v1 heroes, rather than playing a team role.

It works out just fine if they are smart. If both thieves on a team stick together, they can win their team the match by just bursting down targets and 1-shotting them, especially in soloQ. However, that would take the two coordinating on a basic level, and not just trying to be a hero.

This right here^^^ in soloq with no one really helps each other out to much thiefs can just burst down targets really quickly. Even just spamming daze on a engi while your team makes kill him is a freaking pain, Caed is one of the few that always does it.

SPESHAL.9106:

tanztante.6532:

This is not a rare incident. We train 3 days a week and not a day goes by with server delays, disconnects and horrible server performance, rendering blinks and ports and movement skills unusable (rubberbanding), even delays up to 5 seconds happening every 10 seconds, continued by multiple timeouts in both teams at the same time. fix your servers before punishing people for something YOU caused.

If it’s seriously as bad as you claim, then why are you playing this game???

Who plays a game seriously that does what you say?

It’s very simple…either….

1. Stop your whining and exaggerating the problem…or
2. Stop playing if you constantly get kicked through no fault of your own.

This game has been plagued by rage quitters long enough. It’s a far bigger problem than the isolated instances of inconvenience you clowns are exaggerating.

Lose the kitten and look at the bigger picture.

yea rage quitters should be punished but no need to push other players that reconnect with in 1 min and esp if there team win the match. No need for auto loss if they come back really quickly 1 min grace period should suffice.

If some dc for 1 min then come back quickly alot of the time they can still win the match. Also it doesnt ruin the whole game for everyone else. Anet current proposal give no incentive for a player to try to get back in the game. All we are asking is a 1min grace period. Rage quiters will still be punished.

Battle of kyhlo is the most buggy map for me atm. Half the time I get dcs, rubber banding, and lags mainly on that map.

Sagat.3285:

This got old. If you are still struggling rethink your way of fighting or just ask for advice on how to fight them. If the brand new condition shatter can own them what is your spec? Taking a guess it’s zerker.

Speaking of balance please remove the vitality from zerk and rampager amulets. People are wondering why soldier hambow can do more damage than zerk one….I guess the community forgot a part of their damage is replaced with some HP.

Condis on shatter is quite strong and their def is potential of it becoming meta.

Great idea /15 chars.